Corset



Sept. 26, 1933. w. BENJAMIN CORSET Filed March 2, 1931 /47-7- NEY ready for securing the meeting edges, vwill lie `substantially with their planes inl the* 15 Figure 2 isa Similar View showing the meeting 4 saine plane as the face kof the fabric. 705

edges of the garment secured and with the ends Lacingsle are employed one for eachedee of` l of the lacings secured. I the garment,v and Veach lacing is secured at its Figure 3 is a detail View, scale enlarged, illusoppositie ends to the eyes'i.` y When so secured the v .,trating the manner ofarranging the laoings. `end portions of the lacines are each Yengaged .inoted by the dotted linesV 5`5 of Figure L garment, and aS ShOWIl in Figure v2. The 100DS y 30 denotes a corset that may be composed of any in Figure 1. These hooks are preferably secured .comprises eyes 7 and hooks 8 projecting from the In the preferred arrangement the hooks 0n i Patented Sept. 26571933 t i y `v v, V i

1,928,4774 i l consce Webster Benjamin,` Bristol; VConni Application March 2f, 193i. serial-r` No( 519,607

I f1 claim. (o1. z-soy My invention. relates to A'thel class of garments vand eyes arepreferably fcomposedaof metal and that. are employed for impartinglshape to the they are secured tothe steels in 'anyfdesired man-1 body, and an object` of :my invention', among drier, as by rivets;.---" i l i others, is the provision of a garment ofethis type ,f'n the manufacture of corsetseiorts are made Lhai/ing meansfor readilyV securing the ymeeting to so. construct the vgarment that its presence 50 edges of the garment to give-a` continuously` shall `be obscured as muchas possible; that is, changing perpetual adjustmentat everyfmove'-` to 'have the' corset s of'slnooth thatits form will .ment ofthe wearer. 1. notheapparent through the light outergarments n One form of,mylirnprovedcorsetin` the mak- Underneath `which it 4is worn.y Toy eiect this'` 10 ing and use of `which the 'objects herein'set outf purposetheeyes 'I andhooks 8 are madecomi' 65 as well as others, may be attained,y is illustrated:` paratively thl'nfS `that they Will pI'O'J'eCtv t0 a in theu accompanyingifdrawing, in Whichminimum degree beyond-"the plane :orf the face Figure 1 isa View showing `the garment in piace; `of the fabridgand they are bent so that their ends Figure 4 is a detailview to the same scale il1 with a hook on the `opposite edge of the gar- 7.54 lustrating the construction of one edge of the `ment frOmvWhCh itsy end iS Secured thereby Crecorset.y ating loops 11 that come together betweenA the Figure 5 is a view in sectionon a plane" dehooks at the lengthwise centerof each edge of the Figure isja detailview illustrating a modified may be tied at this point, if CieSired,` but in the 80 `:forni ofthe hook. y i preferred form of constructionlI place hooks 12 Figure '7 is a detail view illustrating. still vanat a distance from each meeting edge 0f the gar. other modified form. 'A ment'and preferably at a point opposite the in# In the accompanying drawing the numeral 5 terval between the two hooks, and as shown suitable material usually employed in garments t0 tabS 13 Seellred t0 the garment in any Suitof this-type, and elastic fabric may be employed able manner, the hooks beine secured' to the to such extent as may be desired.' The garment ends of the tabs.` When these hooks 12 are emmay'be shaped tot such partofthe person 6 topployed the lacings will be sogsecured to the eyes y K4Which it is intended it Shallbe appliedvmy in- Athatthe loops, when the lacings vare engaged with 90T Vention having to do particularly with the means' the -hOOkS and draWll taut t0 a required degree,

' for securing the meeting edges of the garmerdl.` Will 'engage the hOOkS 12 `andy be "thereby held As shown and described herein this invention frOni heeelnlng 100Se o w-ioppositeeolges of the garment, and as shown each'edeeof thegarmentmay be placed to open 95 particularlyYV in lFigure 4. f These lare arranged both in one direction, either upwardly or `downpreferably with an eye '7 at the top and bottom Wardly, 0r in Oppositedirectons, either upwardly of each edge of the garment, and preferably two `0r downwardly, but I prefer t0 arrange them aS lihoolrs are employed at each edge of the garment, shown in the drawing in which they open inropl "which hooks are substantially evenly spaced apart DOSite directions tOWardthat edge ofthe garment 10Q y `and between the eyes '1. Tnenooks particularly nearest Which they are located.` By providing are rounded in cross section toprovide yfor an Only a few of the hOOkS, and by rounding them.`

easy slipping movement o the lacing around the the lacings are Vfree to slide back and forth so .v, h00ks ,c y, L y' f Y that thecorset may readily accommodate itself to 1n tnepreferred form of construction the eyes movements of the body various directions and the hooks arevsecured in 'any suitable manthereby maintaining a lperfeet adjustment upon ner to steelsg; one of these steels being encased Athe DOdY-v Y Y e at each meetingedge of the garment andfthe f Stocking SUDDOrtS 14 may be lattached to the reyes and hooks projecting through openings from bottom edge 0f the Corset in a manner common "each case in'which the steel is located. The hooks t0 garments V0f this type. o 110,

In that form of the device shown in Figures 6 and 7 the hooks are composed of wire twisted into spiral form, the lacing being engaged with a hook by placing said lacing across the spiral in the groove near to the stem of the hook, as illustrated in dotted lines in Figures 6 and 7,. By then moving the lacing along the twists of the spiral to the end thereof it will be extended through the hooks as shown in Figures 6 and '1.

In that form of the spiral hook shown in Figure 6'the stem 15 is secured tothe corset steel as by a rivet passed through an eye in the stem of the hook, said hook 16 extending laterally of said` stem. Two of the hooks are employed as in the Y case of the garment hereinbefore described. Said hooks are placed opposite the edge o f the steel so that the latter if extended widthwise would pass through the center of the spiral lengthwise' thereof, the hooks therefore being located prac-- tically in line with the edge of the garment.

4In that structure shown in Figure 7 the hooi; comprises a 'lop' 17 that issecuredto the. steel as by means of rivets, the opposite ends of the. loop being extended asrstems. 18 and at theends Y ofthe stems the wireibeing twisted into spiral form to comprise the hooks 19 that extend in opposite directions-and away from each other. The lacing is. inserted by placing it crosswise inthe groove. of the spiral next to one of the stems 18, the lacing being then passed around the groove of the spiral to the end thereof. The opposite end of the rlacing is then in a similar manner engaged with the other hook after which it will be seen that the lacing extends through both of the hooks as shown in Figure '7. It will be understood that thearrangement of these hooks will be the same as hereinbefore described that is with eyes at each end of each steel and with the hooks between the eyes.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have. described the principles of operation of my' invention together with the device which Irnow consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set` out.

Iclaim: Y

A corset having a row of fastenings at each meetingedge, each of said rows comprising a pair of eyes at each end and a set of hooks intermediate of andappurtenant to each pair of eyes, laci'ngs each secured at its, opposite ends to said eyeson theA same edge and arranged to. interlace with the hooks. to form a loop between the two` sets of hooks at the center of the rows of fastenings, a. tab secured at a distance from each meetingl edge of the corset.. and; hooks secured to said tabs and arranged to receive the loops of said lacings intaut condition forming a continuously changing perpetual adustinent at every movement ofthe wearer..

- WEBSTER BENJAMIN. 

